Lakewood o cials address noise and speeding

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Lakewood City Council ecently met to discuss speeding, noise pollution and more. Here are some of the things that residents should know about the meeting, which took place June 12. Lakewood is cracking down on speeders. Last fall, Councilor Wendy Strom led the request to reduce speeding and speed-related tra c problems. Strom presented a request to have cameras placed in Lakewood. Strom speci cally mentioned her ward, Ward 5 and those areas “around school zones like Kendrick Lakes Elementary, or wide two-lane roads like Jewell or Kipling.”

Marie Venner of the Lakewood Advisory Committee came back with the report, which captured data from the areas Strom cited. In addition to installing cameras, Venner stated that narrower lanes are one way to reduce speeds. She also cited using roundabouts for intersections, and